Presbyterian Panel Study, August 1998 - World Mission, Elders

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WMDIFCLT The following is a pair of alternative words or phrases that might be used to describe the world mission. For this pair, choose only one answer (the first term, the second term, or a combination of both) that best fits your image of world mission as it is today - difficult to do/easy to do.   1) Entirely difficult to do   2) Mostly difficult to do (but a little easy to do)   3) More difficult to do than easy to do   4) Equal parts of difficult to do and easy to do   5) More easy to do than difficult to do   6) Mostly easy to do (but a little difficult to do)   7) Entirely easy to do

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Entirely difficult to do	30	5%	5%	-1.96
Mostly difficult to do (but a little easy to do)	134	22.4%	27.4%	-1.1
More difficult to do than easy to do	167	27.9%	55.3%	-.24
Equal parts of difficult to do and easy to do	193	32.2%	87.5%	.61
More easy to do than difficult to do	55	9.2%	96.7%	1.47
Mostly easy to do (but a little difficult to do)	18	3%	99.7%	2.33
Entirely easy to do	2	.3%	100%	3.19

Variable Comparisons

Gender Marital status Region Political party Family income Age Race

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Entirely difficult to do	4.8% 15	5.3% 15	5.0% 30
Mostly difficult to do (but a little easy to do)	19.8% 62	25.3% 72	22.4% 134
More difficult to do than easy to do	28.4% 89	27.4% 78	27.9% 167
Equal parts of difficult to do and easy to do	33.5% 105	30.5% 87	32.1% 192
More easy to do than difficult to do	9.3% 29	9.1% 26	9.2% 55
Mostly easy to do (but a little difficult to do)	3.5% 11	2.5% 7	3.0% 18
Entirely easy to do	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 313	100.0% 285	598

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Entirely difficult to do	4.3% 22	10.1% 8	5.0% 30
Mostly difficult to do (but a little easy to do)	22.3% 115	22.8% 18	22.4% 133
More difficult to do than easy to do	29.1% 150	19.0% 15	27.7% 165
Equal parts of difficult to do and easy to do	32.9% 170	27.8% 22	32.3% 192
More easy to do than difficult to do	8.5% 44	13.9% 11	9.2% 55
Mostly easy to do (but a little difficult to do)	2.7% 14	5.1% 4	3.0% 18
Entirely easy to do	0.2% 1	1.3% 1	0.3% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 516	100.0% 79	595

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Entirely difficult to do	8.2% 8	4.1% 8	5.2% 11	3.3% 3	5.0% 30
Mostly difficult to do (but a little easy to do)	16.3% 16	20.0% 39	27.7% 59	21.7% 20	22.4% 134
More difficult to do than easy to do	32.7% 32	26.2% 51	24.4% 52	34.8% 32	27.9% 167
Equal parts of difficult to do and easy to do	29.6% 29	34.4% 67	32.9% 70	28.3% 26	32.1% 192
More easy to do than difficult to do	11.2% 11	10.3% 20	7.5% 16	8.7% 8	9.2% 55
Mostly easy to do (but a little difficult to do)	2.0% 2	4.6% 9	1.9% 4	3.3% 3	3.0% 18
Entirely easy to do	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 98	100.0% 195	100.0% 213	100.0% 92	598

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Entirely difficult to do	5.8% 9	6.9% 6	4.1% 14	8.3% 1	5.1% 30
Mostly difficult to do (but a little easy to do)	16.7% 26	23.0% 20	24.8% 84	33.3% 4	22.6% 134
More difficult to do than easy to do	34.0% 53	27.6% 24	25.4% 86	33.3% 4	28.1% 167
Equal parts of difficult to do and easy to do	31.4% 49	32.2% 28	32.2% 109	16.7% 2	31.6% 188
More easy to do than difficult to do	10.9% 17	9.2% 8	8.8% 30	0.0% 0	9.3% 55
Mostly easy to do (but a little difficult to do)	0.6% 1	1.1% 1	4.4% 15	8.3% 1	3.0% 18
Entirely easy to do	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 156	100.0% 87	100.0% 339	100.0% 12	594

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Entirely difficult to do	19.0% 4	6.4% 11	4.5% 11	2.9% 4	5.2% 30
Mostly difficult to do (but a little easy to do)	14.3% 3	19.8% 34	23.1% 57	25.0% 34	22.2% 128
More difficult to do than easy to do	19.0% 4	30.2% 52	28.3% 70	27.2% 37	28.3% 163
Equal parts of difficult to do and easy to do	38.1% 8	30.2% 52	31.6% 78	31.6% 43	31.4% 181
More easy to do than difficult to do	0.0% 0	10.5% 18	8.9% 22	10.3% 14	9.4% 54
Mostly easy to do (but a little difficult to do)	9.5% 2	2.3% 4	3.2% 8	2.9% 4	3.1% 18
Entirely easy to do	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 21	100.0% 172	100.0% 247	100.0% 136	576

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Entirely difficult to do	9.5% 6	2.4% 3	3.9% 8	5.4% 11	4.7% 28
Mostly difficult to do (but a little easy to do)	22.2% 14	18.5% 23	27.6% 56	20.3% 41	22.6% 134
More difficult to do than easy to do	17.5% 11	33.1% 41	29.6% 60	26.7% 54	28.0% 166
Equal parts of difficult to do and easy to do	25.4% 16	31.5% 39	28.6% 58	37.6% 76	31.9% 189
More easy to do than difficult to do	17.5% 11	11.3% 14	7.9% 16	6.9% 14	9.3% 55
Mostly easy to do (but a little difficult to do)	6.3% 4	2.4% 3	2.5% 5	3.0% 6	3.0% 18
Entirely easy to do	1.6% 1	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 63	100.0% 124	100.0% 203	100.0% 202	592

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Entirely difficult to do	4.8% 28	16.7% 1	12.5% 1	5.0% 30
Mostly difficult to do (but a little easy to do)	22.5% 131	0.0% 0	37.5% 3	22.4% 134
More difficult to do than easy to do	27.6% 161	33.3% 2	37.5% 3	27.8% 166
Equal parts of difficult to do and easy to do	32.2% 188	50.0% 3	12.5% 1	32.2% 192
More easy to do than difficult to do	9.4% 55	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	9.2% 55
Mostly easy to do (but a little difficult to do)	3.1% 18	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.0% 18
Entirely easy to do	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 583	100.0% 6	100.0% 8	597